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J. W. Lew in, Natural History of the Lepidopterous In- 

 sects of New South Wales. London, Bohte, 1822.^ 

 4. VI and 19 pg. with 19 plates, coloured by band, 

 (Publ. at 2 i? 2 sh.) 



Collation : Title. Table of Contents. Dedications. Preface. Text. — 

 Plates: Frontispiece (Delias Harpalyce) without letterpress. Plates i — 18. 5 



Lewin, better known by bis greater ornithological works (Birds of y 

 Great Britain, Birds of New South Wales), who had spent nearly 8 

 years in New South Wales in the pursuit of Ornithology and Entomo- 

 logy,'^ given in that work plates of 19 butterflies which were then 

 new. "The book is remarkable as being the first where Lepidopterous 

 Insects as destroyers of wood and trees are recognised, described andj 

 figured. 



The plates are engraved and painted in Sydney by the autbor 

 himself. Each species is figured with its larva and foodplant. The 

 Sgures though not excellent from an artistic point of view are yet ex-' 

 tremely truthful. The background is coloured too. Also the text is by 

 the author, not by Mc Leay as Freeman (in bis Life of W. Kirby) 

 asserts. 



The work is a literal reprint of a former edition (which is thej 

 only one known to Engel mann), published in 1805 under the title: 

 Prodromus of Entomology, or natural history of the Lepid. etc. (Publ.l 

 Price \ £ 5 and — on large paper — 2 £). That 1. edition however 

 does not contain the frontispiece. 



Out of print. Was reduced in price some time ago, when Mr. 

 Bohn had acquired the rest of its edition, but has become very rare 

 since. In 1874 Quaritch marked the 1. edition on large paper 36 sh., 

 the 2. edition 28 sh. 



Our copy bound in original binding, lialf calf M. 60. 



